Has anyone caught them schooling top water in evenings? Happens about this time. Very fun.
Allatoona Hybrids.
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Never caught them in GA or fished for them in GA, caught a ton on lake Texoma a few years ago.. we used a lure called a gollywhopper, basically a weighted float with two white jigs you would cast into the school, would often catch two at a time..
Sounds like a mini Umbrella rig..
Got into em before schooling on Clark Hill. Lots of fun!
Getting into a school of surfacing hybrids is a lot of fun. I've caught a few at Toona in the fall using popping corks and small jigs. Many years ago my wife and I would slay them on summer evenings when large schools would push up shad to the surface, throwing Blue Fox spinners on light spinning gear. It was mayhem for a few minutes, but eventually some idiot would always come flying in, set down close to the school, and then wonder why the school disappeared.
Carters has been growing some big hybrids the last few years. I don't fish Carters much in the summer but I don't think there's the level of top water schooling seen on Toona and West Point. But if you hang a hybrid on Carters chances are good it will be a pig. I've seen pics of several hog hybrids in recent years. I managed to get a nice 11 pounder trolling an alewife around long shallow points around Memorial day a couple of years ago, and had a chunky 9 pounder a few months ago on a downlined trout.
Those bigger hybrids just don't know when to stop fighting. Big ones on big baits, or non stop small ones on artificials in a top water frenzy - I don't care. They're a blast wither way.
it's a little diff , will try and find a pic..
looks sort of like a trout rig but has two jigs..
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Just got home. Started hitting top right at sundown. Caught 7 only 2 were over 3 lbs. they aren't in tight schools. Just have to hang around a good area and wait. Spots were hitting too. I was using small jigs.
